Iran's Web Censorship Filters Supreme Leader's Own Statement

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:52AM from the my-sympathy-is-bounded dept.

halfEvilTech writes "Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's own words have now become a victim of Iran's massive online censorship infrastructure. Khamenei, according to a translation by RFE, replied [to a question about the censorship laws themselves]: 'In general, the use of antifiltering software is subject to the laws and regulations of the Islamic republic, and it is not permissible to violate the law.' However, his own use of the word 'antifiltering' apparently triggered Iran's own filtering system, making Khamenei's words inaccessible to most Iranians." Which seems to be a universal problem with such filters: even for proponents, they tend to backfire.

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Democracy by Sav1or · 2012-05-10 03:17 · Score: 0, Flamebait

This is why we need to bring some democracy to these savages. By democracy i mean bombs.
lol asshole by lister+king+of+smeg · 2012-05-10 03:17 · Score: 0, Flamebait

and you wonder why the rest of the world hates us?

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1. Re:lol asshole by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-10 03:33 · Score: 0, Flamebait
  
  No, I don't. Sand niggers hate us because we *gasp* allow women to do such risque things as show their hair and ankles in public. Oh and we don't stone women to death for being raped.